Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 20, 2025 Showers and rain west Mild with sun east Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 20th April 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Rain and outbreaks of showers across most central and west areas. Plenty of sun with some showers eastern Europe. Sunday Rain in northern Spain and feeling cool, some showers for Portugal. Further showers in eastern and southern Spain, some heavy. Scattered showers for the Balearics with sun spells. Heavy showers for Sardinia and Corsica as well as northern Italy. Scattered showers around central Italy, mostly dry to the south. Greece will be dry and fair with plenty of sunshine though some cloud intruding later. Staying fair in Türkiye, more sunshine to come here. Heavy periods of rain in central and western France, strong winds too. Showers around east France. Fair for the Low Countries, a few showers in western Germany. North and east Germany will be fair with sunny spells. Hungary and Austria will be dry with sunny spells, wet for Switzerland. Most of east and southeast Europe will be sunny and mild, some patchy cloud around the Balkan States. Showers in Romania and west Ukraine. Morning rain in Denmark will slowly clear. Some cloud and a few showers for the Baltic States, feeling warm. Rain in southern Finland, moderate or heavy at dawn, fair northern Finland. Rain in southern Sweden too but fair in the north. Norway should be mostly dry with sunny spells. Monday Morning rain in Portugal drifts into central Spain through the day, some sun spells. Mostly dry with sun for the Balearics. Heavy showery rain for Sardinia and Corsica weakens throughout the day. Bursts of showers for Italy, driest southeast. Bursts of showers and mostly cloudy for the Balkan states and west Greece. Fair in Türkiye. Winds remain fairly strong in west and north France, showers for most. Showery rain with heavy spells drifts into the Low Countries and west Germany. Some spots of showers west Poland and south through Czechia and Austria. Mild temperatures here and most of eastern Europe. Decent sunshine Belarus southward to Bulgaria, outbreaks of showers in Romania. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Denmark. Rain drifts into southern Sweden, staying dry in Norway with sun spells here. Morning showers in Estonia and south Finland gradually fade for sun spells here and in Lithuania and Latvia. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 05.01 am Next week first chance for a rain or thunderstorm. Later in the week The most dry and there is more room for the sun. In the night there can be fog to arise. So ma di wo do vr Za Sunshine (%) 40 40 30 40 50 50 50 Precipitation probability (%) 40 60 40 40 20 20 20 20 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/3 0/5 0/3 0/2 0/2 0/1 0 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 0/6 3/8 8 8 8 7 4/7 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 17 16 16 16/19 15/18 15/19 15/18 Wind direction No Z No N NO O Wind force (BFT) 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 Long term, Sunday 27 April 2025 to Sunday 4 May 2025: Slightly changeable with large sunny and dry periods but also occasionally one shower. The temperature forecast is quite insecure, the greatest chance is on Temperatures around the long -term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:53 UTC 200425. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Low, 997, over the south of France lying at the end of the period over Belgium, 1009. Associated trough moving northwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC: Dover northeast 4-5, later decreasing 3-4. occasional showers. good, moderate in precipitation. Thames northeast 3-4, temporary occasionally 5. occasional showers. good, moderate in precipitation. Humber Dogger mainly northeast 2-4. good. German Bight north to northwest 3-4, veering northeast, in the North first 4-5. occasionally drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor, small risk fog. Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC: Dover northeast 3-4, soon variable 1-3. first risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation. Thames northeast 3-4, gradually variable 1-3. occasional showers. good, moderate in precipitation. Humber northeast 3-4, gradually variable 1-3. later in the eastern part risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation. German Bight northeast 3-4, in the southeastern part variable 1-3. occasionally drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor, small risk fog. Dogger northeast 2-4, veering east. good. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .